i am in lithuania right now with senators john mccain and lindsey graham and we are here to stand up for our allies in eastern europe and nato and to make the point that this isn't about one political party. i am a democrat, they are both republicans, one of them was the republican candidate for president. we see this not about one candidate or party but as an assault on democracy. this is something that was not just about american democracy, it is about all democracies. there is upcoming elections in germany and france. and for the u.s. just to roll over and let this happen with no response would have been a huge mistake. kasia: but, senator klobuchar, you have a president-elect who soon to be inaugurated, who wants to work closer with president putin. donald trump could potentially reverse this. sen. klobuchar: he could, but first of all, what president obama did was amend the 2015 order to make it easier for any president to go after any foreign entity that tries to influence american elections. that is an important tool to have in the toolbox. secondly, if he were to reverse thes

so, here he is, with john lindsey, lindsey looks peeved. and buckley is so bored because lindsey is not very articulate smart and buckley complained about lid si wrote his own speeches with ear-clanging sin -- sin tax, and people wrote letters to buckley and said i disagree with you and would never vote for you but thanks a lot for being honest and pointing to how much politics was rigmarole. he would decline to go to parades. because he said we're not going to talk about policy at parades. that's just image stuff and he was running his magazine, writing editorial columns and so on. so he was seen as a sort of honest candidate, even by people who thought he was much too right wing and too conservative for them. so the year after the campaign, he started his television show, "firing line," which ran from 1966 to 1999, 1500 episodes. and i want to show you a clip from that very first year with david suskind as a guest. suskind was a tv talk show host, a liberal, and had a show called "open end" because it was open-ended. if the conversation w

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from how john mccain and lindsey graham and former senator joe lieberman and all of the sort of -- and marco rubio. there is a caucus in the u.s. senate made up largely of republicans who are skeptical and really reluctant to accept sort of the warm words that donald trump -- >> is rex tillerson going to be forced to denounce putin in that confirmation hearing? >> i believe he will be and pushed about his own reflexes and his own impulses. this is going to become a threat that i think we will be able to pull through the first early months of trump presidency. what's the impulse and instinct instinct and reflex is to defend putin from hacking. we know that rex tillerson in business dealings was able to be so sort of conciliatory and able to work with russia that he received a medal of friendship. what does that tell us about their impulses about russia as really not an ally but an adversary at this point to the united states of america. >> nicolle wallace, thank you very much.

would john mccain, tom cotton, lindsey graham, these republican senators who are hawkish, very concerned about putin and russia. will they suck it up and support president trump's nominees or stand up and oppose them. i think it is going to be very interesting to see if these republican senators stand on principle or if they say, look, trump is the guy. he is our guy now. let's get with the program. >> julian, i turn that question to you. how do you see this playing out amongst republicans? >> this is a test of how united government is going to work. the argument is that republicans in congress, who control congress, won't want to cause trouble for this investigation, won't do things like oversight and investigate. this is often a dynamic when both branches are controlled by the same party. this will test it like no other, because of the controversy over russia that matt just spoke about. also, because of the issue, itself. the allegation of tampering in election is something that will concern many republicans. this will be the first big test of whether united government will hold or whe

paul ryan, john mccain, and lindsey graham call the sanctions long overdue.s ineffective foreign policy. mccain and graham say they will push for stronger sections. the first vote in 2017 will be to schedule obamacare. republicans are talking about how long they will delay the repeal.

state ahead, senators john mccain and lindsey graham join us live from latvia. they say should be done about russia's interference up next. >> there will be bipartisan sanctions coming that will hit russia hard, particularly putin, as an individual. knowing the relationship between latvia and russia, you can expect some economic pain. it will be true in america. but freedom is worth suffering pain. it is now time for russia to understand, enough is enough. ♪ everything your family touches sticks with them. make sure the germs they bring home don't stick around. use clorox disinfecting products. because no one kills germs better than clorox. heather: welcome back of the second flight recorder of the russian military plane that crashed into the black sea has been recovered. the first was recovered yesterday and it is already being analyzes. the aircraft carrying 92 people went down on sunday two minutes after taking off. memorials for the crash victims are growing. people paying respects outside of the headquarters of the ensemble choir which lost several singers

you're already seeing john mccain and lindsey graham, of course, talking quite a bit about their own investigation they want to have and that they want to put additional congressional bipartisan sanctions against putin and his inner circle. but there are others like mitch mcconnell acknowledges this has gone on but wants the intelligence committee to handle it. mcconnell and other republicans who want to move big pieces of legislation through congress, they don't want to rock the boat with donald trump. trump's team has expressed even just today new comments from sean spice other that transition call about doubts, about the fbi's information and assessment in this matter. hallie? >> msnbc's kasie hunt from 30 rock for us. thanks. >>> here to talk about the possible implications of all this, professor of international affairs and associate dean at the new school, nina. appreciate you being here. we've been talking a lot about president-elect trump's response to the possibility of russian sanctions. i want to play it for you and then i want to talk about it on the other side. listen. >

you can have republican hawks like john mccain and lindsey graham skeptical of him.e the democrats will portray him as a climate criminal because he heads a big oil company. he'll be in for tough hearings. >> the closest to putin, the unifying issues between the republican critics and democrats. >> listen, we lived through a week where fidel castro died and everybody talked about him being a thug and a bully. when you ask question about putin he never said he's a thug and a bully. and we ought to do everything we can to contest him. he never said anything that strong. i think there's a question about this administration. is it going to be a pro putin presidency and rex tillerson will have to face questions about that. >> i think all of us need to take a deep breath and can't be true every week the world is ending in some different way. we have judged all presidencies. on the state of the economy and by events. >> i couldn't agree with him more. right now the state of the economy since donald trump has been elected is better than it's been in a long time. i think that

the group including republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham along with democratic senator chuck schumer and senator jack reed. they warned quote, this can not become a partisan issue, the stakes are too high for our country. senator mccain spelled out his concerns. >> it's clear the russians interfered. whether they intended to interfere to the degree that they were trying to elect a certain candidate, i think that's subject to investigation. the facts are stubborn things. they did hack into this campaign and the russians have interfered in a lot of other elections. the russians have hacked into some of our most secret military information. the russians have been active using as a tool as part of vladmir putin's wanting to contain russian dominance in some part of the world. >> president-elect does not believe u.s. intelligence reports. here is what he said. >> i think it's ridiculous. i think it's another excuse. i don't believe it. they have no idea if it's russia or china or somebody. it could be somebody sitting in a bed some place. they have no idea. >> why would the

establishment republicans including marco rubio, john mccain, lindsey graham are hinting they are ready -- the president-elect and mr. tillerson and sources tell "fox news" republican congressman ryan zinke has been chosen for secretary of the interior. he has reportedly not yet accepted that offer that the congressman was on this broadcast just last night and we asked him about it. are you going to work for the president-elect? >> he has not asked. if the president asked you to go to work for him it's awfully hard to refuse through my first love is montana. to make sure what i do is in the best interest of our country in montana but he has not asked. i'll tell you it's hard to say no to the president. lou: i think that gives us some indication and i will take that up with trump's expanding cabinet, take out a bunch of senior advisor kellyanne conway later on in this broadcast. also with us tonight from national security advisor ambassador james woolsey for mr. trump. he is set to hold its fifth think you rally tonight in wisconsin in a suburb of milwaukee. trump landed moments ago in m

jeff: some leading republican senators express concern about including john mccain, lindsey graham and marco rubio. the confirmation hearings are shaping up to be big political battles on capitol hill next month. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. maureen: president-elect trump has two positions to fill in the cabinet. several high profile people have been interviewed for secretary of agriculture and secretary of veterans affairs. all of mr. trump's nominations must be confirmed by the u.s. senate. jonathan: in a series of tweets president-elect says the business won't do new deals in office. he said he will hand over control of the company to his oldest sons. the president-elect a wednesday news conference about the future of his business until month. maureen: more breaking news. the maryland governor's office confirms that prince george's county liquor board chairman charles caldwell is stepping down. caldwell was cited for a d.u.i. on thursday after involved in a crash outsi the current vice chairman of the board will take over as temporary chair. doug: we are in good shape on tuesday. getti

three republicans on the senate foreign relations, senators john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, say that they are concerned specifically about, as you've mentioned, his ties to russia. rubio said, while rex tillerson is a respected businessman, i have serious concerns about his nomination. the next secretary of state must be someone who views the world with moral clarity, is free of potential conflicts of interest, has a clear sense of america's interest, and will be a forceful advocate for america's foreign policy goals to the president within the administration and on the world stage. could those three senators hold up this nomination? >> well they could. three senators is all it would take. the really interesting question is, you know, as i said, marco rubio, john mccain, lindsey graham, are starting a very important conversation about what american policy toward russia should be and what russia -- what are russia's goals right now. what we are witnessing with russia over the last few years has been a country that has decided to invade georgia, invade ukraine. interfere in el

john mccain and lindsey graham are going to slap all these sanctions on you unless you work with me. don't know if it is coordinated or just a coincidence. >> what a way to start your presidency. should you? >> i am count it three, john mccain, lindsey graham and one more republican in the senate to hold the line. maybe marco rubio is ready to do it. there are others. there does not seem to be a grounds swell of republicans in the senate who are joining this bromance, this bff club between these two. >> it is the opposite way around. there has to be more. >> how does this set the stage, 20 days away from the swearing-in. donald trump had said, my first 100 days will look like this, repealing obamacare. now, first order of business has to be continuation or a change, a pivot as it pertains to u.s./russian relations. >> he can walk and chew gum at the same time. paul ryan has a strong structure in the house. mitch mcconnell has been a savvy lead t leader in the senate. i suspect trump may be delegating things to the leaders in congress. we all know the broad brush things we want to do,

primarily john mccain and lindsey graham who have never been friends of the donald trump campaign. >> paul ryan, too. but answer that question. the timing here is political, the only other option would have been to do it before the election which would have been seen as more political. don't you agree? >> i don't. >> you don't? you don't think the sitting president announcing sanctions on russia and said definitively the intelligence community all agreed they were trying to get donald trump elected that would not be a more political move? >> chris, hold on. guessing motive is not what our intelligence agencies do. >> sure it is. >> perhaps they can say that the dnc was hacked. first of all, podesta was not hacked. he gave into a fishing scheme that was as juveniles as the e-mails we receive about a nigerian prince. >> you think it was his fault. >> yes. who falls for that? what kind of a senile grandfather falls for that -- >> you believe john podesta is a seen nile grandfather because he was the victim of a fishing attack? >> yes, but here's the more important point, too. i don't kno

house speaker paul ryan describing today's steps as, "overdue" same words used by senators john mccain, lindsey graham, who vowed to leave the new effort in the new congress to propose stronger sanctions. during his impromptu press availability standing next to don king, trump said this. >> i think we ought to get on with our lives. i think the computers have complicated lives very greatly. the whole, you know, age of computer has made it where nobody knows exactly what's going on. we have speed, we have a lot of other things but i'm not sure you have the kind of security that you need. >> the whole age of computer has made it so nobody knows what's going on, that's trump's exact words. trump who has received intelligence briefings on the alleged russian hacking dating back to august followed up today with this statement, "it's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things. i will meet with members of the intelligence community next week in order to be updateding on the facts of this situation." joining me, steve cortez, former adviser to the trump campaign. steve, you and the tru

i have a lot of respect for lindsey graham and john mccain.orsed mccain for president when he ran the first time. graham is my senator. i understand their apprehension. anybody should. questioning one of donald trump's potential appointees is not a problem. i think that is part of the whole system that we all appreciate. we have a vetting process, whereby you have a united states senate that gets to ask lots of questions, in-depth questions. i don't think anyone has ever questioned mr. tillerson's loyalty to his country. he is a businessman. his role was to cut the best deals he could possibly cut for his company. but in a different role, wearing a different hat for his country, if he is willing to give up a substantial paycheck in order to try to move the country forward, much like donald trump has done, i think that is a good thing. i don't have a problem with him being vetted thoroughly. >> he will have to retire anyway because he will be the mandatory age of 65. the question becomes, can he fully take off that hat? right? when dealing as a

john mccain and lindsey graham overseas on a trip to the baltic nations. the retaliatory measures by the obama administration are long overdue, but they are a small price to pay. we intend to lead the efforts in the new consciogress. house speaker paul ryan says russia does not share america's interests. it has consistently sought to undermine then. today's action by the administration is overdue, it is appropriate to end eight years of failed policy with russia. it is a prime example of the ineffective foreign policy that left america weaker in the eyes of the world. senate leader chuck schumer strongly supports the obama administration's work to fight back against russia's interference in the election. we need to punch back and punch back hard. >>> turning to politics. a buffalo, new york school board looking to oust carl paladino who co- chaired the new york campaign for trump. he wanted to see the president die from mad cow disease and the first lady living with a gorilla in africa. the school board giving him 24 hours to resign. if he doesn't, it will

boris johnson laid part of the blame at the house of commons and senators john mccain and lindsey grahamaid this is the inevitable result of inaction and red lines crossed without consequences tarnished moral influence leading from behind and a total lack of american leadership. speaking before the u.n. security council yesterday, ambassador samantha power directly addressed president assad and his allies. >> to the assad regime, russia, three member states behind the conquest of and carnage in aleppo, you bear responsibility for these atrocities. when one day there is a full accounting of the horrors committed in this assault of aleppo, and that day will come sooner or later, you will not be able to say you did not know what was happening and you will not be able to say you were not involved. we all know what was happening, and we all know you were involved. it should shame you. instead, by all appearances, it is emboldening you. are you incapable of shame? is there literally nothing that can shame you? is there no act of barbarism against civilians or execution of a child that gets und

i'm incredibly proud of senators like john mccain and lindsey graham who realize their jobs is not to be anybody's rubber stamp but rather to defend american interest and defend our electoral process and our democracy. i think that john mccain and lindsey graham realize they are a co-equal and independent branch of government. and they are going to continue calling for this because as john mccain says, this is serious business. it's something that should unit all americans. the election results will not change. donald trump is going to be the next president come january 20th. that being said, we all have a responsibility and duty to defend our political system. >> alice, trump and his supporters have been hesitant to accept the consensus of the intelligence community. i want you to listen to reince priebus this morning. here's what he had to say. >> i think he would accept the conclusion if these intelligence professionals would get together, put out a report, show the american people that they are actually on the same page as opposed to third parties through the "washington post." >>

mccain and john mccain is going to hold hearings on this starting next week. you know, this is along with lindseyham, these are two senators who have tangled with donald trump before. there's no love lost for them. if they decide to dive into this, you know, big time come next week. >> yeah. i think this is actually going to be a problem for the president-elect. i mean, look, on the hill the sense that i get up there is that they don't see trump as the leader of the party or even their leader. they see him as a person who's going to rubber stamp something they have been trying for eight years to get done. that's mostly domestic policy. when it comes to matters like russia, and what's happening in eastern europe, i lived there in the late '90s and reported from there, and it's pretty disstressing to see this region of the world which was blossoming with democracy and openness reverting. russia is a big part of that. mccain and graham won't sit around and watch that happen. >> we learned today that president obama will be going up to the hill to meet with congressional democrats to work on strategy

republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham joined democratic senators chuck schumer and jack reed to call for an investigation into the findings. the call for a probe comes after u-s concluded russia directed the hacking of democratic operatives and other moves in an effort to help president-elect donald trump defeat hillary clinton in the 2016 election. the president-elect has blasted the findings, calling the assessment "ridiculous." and another day of potential cabinet members meeting with the president- elect today. he is preparing to welcome democratic senator joe manchin and former g-o-p rival carly fiorina to trump tower. mr. trump has also said that he plans to name his secretary of state this week. th exxon c-e-o rex tillerson. a name reportedly not being considered anymore -- new jersey governor chris christie. there are reports this morning that he rejected several positions in the president-elect's cabinet. some people may have stayed snuggled up inside hiding from the snow yesterday, but there are some business owners who thrive in it. tyrol basin out in mount ho

lindsey graham, john mccain and marco rubio who are going to continue to say, look, we swear -- i itmilitary member and a congressman to protect and defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and document. it's all about our country. when someone thinks they can come in and mess with -- it's not questioning the legitimacy of donald trump. he won. i think he won by having a strong message. but it is saying that, if a country thinks they can influence us in a certain way, there is going to be consequences for them. frankly, it will have to be escalating consequences if they try to do it again. >> with all due respect, you have been outspoken on this issue. so have senators, mccain, graham and rubio. but i wouldn't say all your republican colleagues have been. >> that's probably true. i think a lot of them are waiting to see what happens. a lot of them don't necessarily always talk about foreign policy issues. that's not going to change who i am and what i stand for. my hope is, again, when president-elect trump is sworn in, on this specific issue there is an awakening of the f

that is drawing scrutiny from john mccain and lindsey graham and marco rubio. what does it mean for the other candidates? the many candidates we have seen cycle through the last couple weeks? obviously they did not get the job. most interestingly, mitt romney taking to facebook, saying he was honored to have been considered for the position and saying he has high hopes for the trump administration. this is a long way from calling the president-elect a phony and fake through the general election process. the two formed a mutual respect for one another. the president-elect even calling mitt romney on monday night to tell him he did not get the position. he appreciated his willingness to participate at all. obviously that's on the cabinet side of things. there is a big question of the conflict of interest side of things. president-elect was supposed to answer those questions this week touting his conference on december 15th to announce he would separate himself from his business interests. well, no longer. reality is the president-elect has been solely focused on

pushing for an investigation to get to the bottom of this, especially with chuck schumer, john mccain and lindsey graham that's a big deal. that's one area where i think we will see controversy. the second area is equally important. we have never seen a president elect have this kind of breach with the intelligence community shortly before taking office. that's unprecedented. we spent $70 billion a year, it's estimated, on intelligence. right now donald trump doesn't seem to believe it is worth the effort. he is very dismissive. >> some experts called it a constitutional crisis. bob baer said we should have a do over and have the election again. if this election comes back with hard, indisputable evidence that russia had a part in this election, what do you think should happen next? >> i think we should be cautious about calling for another election. i don't see that happening. there is no evidence that says even though the russians did try to win it for trump there's no evidence that they did win it for trump. under those circumstances it is premature to be talking about a new election. i don't

this is a bipartisan effort and a split between republicans like john mccain and lindsey graham about how he should approach russia compared to the trump campaign. how do you see itself playing itself out? >> i think everyone understands russia is a concern. we are frustrated that years ago barack obama shunned mitt romney for pointing out the concerns we had with putin. we were frustrated with hillary clinton's failed reset with russia. we understand the serious nature of russia and it is important moving forward and i think that donald trump will set the right tone and understands the threat and i think moving forward, looking at the potential, the potential, i say, for russian influence in the election is important but there's no credible evidence that the russian government influenced this election whatsoever. >> it is laughable when republicans say tler concerned that obama brushed what mitt romney said aside and so concerned about hillary's failed reset and show no concern whatsoever with trump's affinity and love for russia and putin at the expense of believing his own intellig

reporter: speaker of the house paul ryan calling the sanctions overdue as republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham vow to hit russia harder calling for even stronger sanctions. >> need to name putin as an individual of this inner circle because nothing happens in russia without his knowledge or approval. >> reporter: meanwhile, the white house looking to take covert retaliation, as well. saying, "these actions are not the sum total of our response. the u.s. says it is ready for any response from russia." >> the truth is that we enjoy the greatest capability of any country on earth. that's offensive and defensive. >> and obama has now also declassified intelligence on russian cyber activity to help cybersecurity companies both here and abroad identify and detect and disrupt russia's cyber attacks in the future. don? >> thank you, evan. president-elect donald trump dismissing u.s. sanctions against russia. for months the president-elect has denied the u.s. intelligence community's conclusions on russia's meddling in the elections. trump now says he will meet with intelligence officials next w

and lindsey graham and john mccain and i'm sure, you know, you'll hear other people, once people getin town, really speak out against russia. it's a really tough position. particularly for republicans to be in. who have been very critical of russia over the past decade or so. to all of a sudden because of the new administration coming in say, oh, they're okay. and, you know, what struck me about what trump said yesterday about moving on with our lives, that's the point, really. with these sanctions. is to prevent these from happening again. it isn't so much about the last election as it is about the next election. they're looking to prevent this. it's not necessarily -- they're looking at it through the prism of questioning his legitimacy. they're looking about the future probably more so than it's about the past. >> jill, i want to get your take, your impression from when donald trump made the statement. he was asked very directly about how he feels generally about sanctions against russia. and when he said, we ought to move on with our lives, i mean, it sounds like he's completely

republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham joined democratic senators chuck schumer and jack reed to call for an investigation into the findings. u-s intelligence agencies concluded russia directed the hacking of democratic operatives and other moves in an effort to help president-elect donald trump win the 2016 election. the president-elect has blasted the findings, calling the assessment "ridiculous." meanwhile the reported top state is said to have long ties to russia. exxon-mobil c-e-o rex tillerson once managed the comany's russia account. and five years ago, he cut a major deal with rosneft, an oil company that's majority-owned by the russian government. president vladimir putin later gave him one of the highest awards that a foreigner can receive from moscow. president-elect donald trump praised tillerson calling him "a world-class player." but tillerson's ties to russia are likely to be scrutinized by lawmakers if he's nominated. jessob. back to you. more than 1-thousand flights were canceled at midway and o'hare yesterday thanks to the winter storm. plows at o'hare t

john mccain already has a pretty strong language on putin. lindsey graham, people in key positions are preparing to challenge donald trump over his friendliness with russia, so that's going to be a key clash between congress and the white house. >> i think a lot of republicans do side with donald trump, too, do not want to look into this as much as john mccain does and as much as lindsey graham. in some ways, they are the minority of their own party. there's a push within the house from a democrats to create a bipartisan commission, like the 9/11 commission, to look into that, to look into what happened here, but you're not hearing a lot of support from republicans on that. >> it's numbing to me, having been in this town for a while, if donald trump is right and the cia is wrong, then let's do that investigation so we can fix whatever the cia is doing. and if the cia is right and putin was meddling in our election, let's build the comprehensive case so donald trump's new secretary of state, who maybe somebody who has a good relationship with vladimir

republican speaker of and republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham say they "intend to lead effort in the new congress to impose stronger sanctions on russia." a russian dpsh spoekdsman for russian president vladimir putin says there will be "appropriate retaliation." as for president-elect trump, he released a statement saying, "it's time for our country to move on to bigger and better things." but he added that he will meet with leaders of the intelligence community next week to be updated on the facts of this situation. >>> president-elect donald trump has dismissed the hacking charges against russia, calling them ridiculous. mr. trump's aides want u.s. intelligence agencies to prove that moscow was behind the hacking and how it was done. jeff pegues has a look at some of the evidence that has russian fingerprints all over it. >> reporter: u.s. intelligence services don't often release the details of their analysis, but today they did as part of an ongoing effort to pull back the curtain on what u.s. believe is malicious russian cyberactivity codenamed grizzly st steppe.

. >> senators john mccain and lindsey graham, two republicans, say that there is almost unanimous consensus senate colleagues that russia was behind the hacking. they plan to put together sanctions against vladimir putin. will president trump veto a measure put forward by the u.s. senate calling for sanctions because of this hacking? >> well, it's not a question of veto and i'm not going to presuppose what the president-elect may or may not do. not to dredge up old things, but we've had issues in the past. we had the benghazi video that was the cause of all the eruption in benghazi and that proved to be false. we need to get to the bottom of what the intelligence is. i think the intelligence community has in the past gone out and laid out the case for what's going on and who's behind certain activities. it's incumbent upon them for something as serious as this to do the same. >> you're demanding it be public? because, i mean, obviously sources be s and methods for intelligence are one of the reasons -- >> correct, understood, jake, but they've done nothing -- in october, they had no problem

for every american that he was joined by fellow democrat jack reed and republican senators john mccain and lindsey graham and calling for the thorough investigation they demanded congress act as soon as it convenes in january. >>> the goal is to find out how extensive and keep the system which countries are doing it. it will be limited to just russia and then to come up with conclusions on how to stop it. factor in the final weeks of the presidential campaign thousands of emails many stolen from the account of clinton's campaign chairman were released by wikileaks on a daily basis. >>> this week many bay area tech leaders will meet with donald trump in new york the president-elect is scheduled to high tech summit. executive from google oracle facebook are among those who accepted the division to find some common ground. many bay area tech leaders were outspoken critics of trump during the presidential election in part because of his campaign statement that limited free trade and immigration. >>> teen vogue is getting a lot this weekend because of an editorial about trump. the other with the magazi

senators john mccain and lindsey graham push for stronger sanctions. they said the measures are long overdue, but added it's a small price for russia to pay for what they referred to as a brazen attack on an american democracy. >> reporter: a cease fire in place in syria for now. the deal brokered by russia and turkey, and if it held, it's followed by peace talks next month. several previous cease fires collapsed, some within a matter of days. six years of fighting in syria left more than a quarter million people dead and triggered a crisis in europe. >>> less until the new year, and this is party central saturday night for a million tourists and two new yorkers ringing in 2017. some unusual security measures are planned for the big night. abc's linzie janis reports from times square. >> happy new year! >> reporter: law enforcement announcing the unprecedented security for the year's biggest celebration at times square. 65 sanitation trucks filled with sand like the ones used for the thanksgiving day parade will be deployed for the first time at a new

but congressional leaders, including john mccain and lindsey graham say it's not enough t. the question is, will a republican reverse the decision? >> just as i told russia to stop it -- >> reporter: president obama made good on that retaliation. officials in vladimir putin's inner circle, not the russian president, himself, all but sippingled out by president obama. >> we told them to cut it out or there will be serious consequences. >> reporter: banning business contacts with americans. russia also accused of harassing u.s. diplomats abod. espionage operations in america. >> we have seen verbal and physical harassm. we have seen them trying to revoke their credentials. >> reporter: 35 russian diplomats expelled. 72 hours to leave, closing two government compounds, rec centers used for spying shut down as of noon friday. president obama says all americans should be alarmed by russia's actions. >> the acts today will resign pretty clear, we will respond in a place of our choosing. >> reporter: two alleged cyber krims accused of stealing money from banks and personal data fr

there are a lot of senators in particular, people like john mccain and lindsey graham who have spentir years raising alarm bells about vladimir putin. so that will certainly make it hard. they've already said some members from both parties, they're very concerned about this, they're going to keep an open mind. expect some really good confirmation hearings. >> i'd say the traditional pro-business republicans have been happy with this pick, quite frankly. they say it shows how the business minded donald trump is really changing how things are going to get done. interesting to me, when you look at his cabinet, it looks like a board, you know, donald trump is chairman of the board. rather than a cabinet, when you look at some of the business savvy here. and the money. is this -- you know, donald trump says that wants winners. and he judges winners by how much they win in this economy. it's sort of interesting that he's using these people who have really managed to climb to the very top, to represent people who feel like they're stuck in the middle. >> well, i mean, you have to remember t

smart and charming, he was not afraid to show what he really thought and felt, so here he is, john lindsay, lindsey looks upset and buckley so bored, because lindsay is not very articulate, smart and interesting and buckley complained that buckley wrote his own speeches with your playing syntax, just terrible syntax and so people wrote letters to buckley and set i disagree with you and i went out for you but thanks for being honest and pointing to how much of politics was a rigmarole. so for for example he would decline to go to parades because he was like were not going to talk about policy at parades that's just image stuff and he was really campaign part-time for mayor. so he was seen as an honest candidate even by people who thought he was much too conservative for them. so year after the campaign he started his television show, firing line which ran from 66 until 99 about 1500 episodes, and i want to show you a clip from that first year with david, he was a tv talk show host well-known as a liberal, he had a show called open and, was called open and because it was open-ended, if the conversati

why would john mccain and lindsey graham be over there? donald trumpent messages as a candidate for president saying maybe he doesn't believe the united states has that commitment to nato. >> i think nato is obsolete and done at a time when you had the soviet union that was much larger than russia is. i'm not saying that russia is not a threat, but we have the threat of terrorism and nato doesn't discuss terrorism. nato is not meant for terrorism. >> those are the big questions that loom. these countries are part of nato. is that enough to keep vladimir putin out? if he said i want to go in, would donald trump as president say these are nato countries and we will defend them? if donald trump said they are nato countries, but that's not our fight. would they go along with it and say we don't want our kids dying for these countries. that is being raised in a complicated politics of the united states and russia. donald trump taking to twitter earlier and weighing in on the israel feud with president obama. a look at the dueling positions on k

john mccain has expressed discomfort with this, marco rubio, as well, lindsey graham.o you think that you can get them on to the democrats' side in order to block a confirmation like this? >> katy, i don't think we should look at this as on the democrats' side or on the republicans' side. i think we should be looking at the enduring interest of the united states. presidents, both republican and democrat, have seen the importance of our foreign policy being based on human rights and democracy. as conservative republican ronald reagan made fighting for human rights around the world and standing up to russia a central part of his legacy. so i think we augd to be asking questions about the trump administration. i'm every bit as concerned about rumors that john bolton will be nominated to be deputy secretary of state. bolton is a hard line ideologue neocon and still thinks the iraq war was a good idea today, despite all evidence to the contrary. so i think, katy, a number of us, republican and democrat, will have some pressing questions for rex tillerson. i have not met the

neil: do you worry about john mccain, lindsey graham, who are leery of his ties to vladimir putin when they say we should be getting much tougher with russia, much tougher with vladimir putin, do you think it is in mister tillerson's temperament to do that? >> there are reasonable questions to ask of rex tillerson about his experience in russia, his relationship with vladimir putin but what i can say as someone who watched business people in different parts of the world, and at a personal friendship, exxon mobil is a company that is very committed to its principles, very committed to following the letter of us law so my expectation would be tillerson understand how tough it is to deal with the russians, managed to business in a way that involve mutual respect but not involving compromise of principles, ethics or law and that is particularly useful point of view to bring to bear in these discussions informing russian policy. neil: thank you very much. there is still so much we don't know about mister tillerson. when it came to campaign fundraising he didn't give up any to donald trump.

senators headed by john mccain and lindsey graham, gathering today to discuss the situation between ukraine and russia. he then gave the senators the order of freedom award for their contributions to the ukraine-u.s. relations. senator mccain has scheduled a hearing on capitol hill to discuss cyber threats and russian hacking allegations. and at least 10 workers are dead and dozens could be trapped after a mine collapsed in india. rescue crews are at the site and workers are being treated nearby. the mine is owned by the state government, but least to a ased to a- le private contractor. and an autopsy on george michael has been inconclusive. his death is the treated as unexplained, but not suspicious. his manager says he died from a parent heart failure. as a frigid bang deep-freeze ascends on north america, europe and asia. and while the u.s. and canada will get hit with a frigid cold, russell also bear the brunt -- russia will also bear the brunt of a cold spell. this is bloomberg. up next, studio 1.0 with emily chang. ♪ emily: one of the fastest , how we view apps ourselves from a single

john mccain, lindsey graham, richard burr.here will be hearings in house and senate of this and can accept the results of election still be concerned and talk about this and talk about the election way russians infiltrated our systems. we know that is possible. we need to be concerned that donald trump's attitude towards the russians and rex tillerson. bill: they're trying to make this whole thing look like it is not legitimate? >> the election, mandate question. bill: many, many republicans are already, you can't use this as a dog whistle. >> that's right. bill: to make it seem as if our democracy is on, is falling apart because of it. >> i think it is very dangerous. hillary clinton lost because of 80,000 vote in three key states. there were mistakes that were made didn't have to do with russians. spend your time in michigan, not in arizona. you win that way if you're a democrat. i think that is what we should be focusing on and refurbishing party in 2018 and 2020, we have great prospects to win seats. bill: irony, podesta,

john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, james lang ford, jeff flake, that's five there that expressednd hope they want to learn more. not that they said no, but that signals. mitch mckonl did as well yesterday, there might be more skepticism than there would be for other republican picks. generally senators that will confirm the nominees are pretty pleased who trump put forward, but some members of congress i can tell you, haven't seen this level of public skepticism and concern with any other pick than tillerson. >> and great reporting as always on that. nina, we heard in the last 24 hours there's dissension but not too much of an issue. what's your read as more names are added to that list and more concerns are brought up and again no news conference from the president-elect talking more directly to the press about this and the public. >> i think ed is right to raise rex tillerson. tillerson i come from the world of fortune 500 ceos and magazines and conferences and i know he is a well respected ceo of exxonmobile. somebody that's run the company well. he is very well respected. he

senators john mccain and lindsey graham on a congressional delegation to russia's neighboring states, took offer trump's comments. >> i agree with president-elect, we need to get on with our lives, without having russians being effect i by getting outside information, especially vladimir putin, who is a thug and a murderer. >> i think most of us, democrats and republicans, really believe that russia is up to no good all over the world. they're trying to break the back of democracies. if we don't push back against putin, iran and china, they could hack into our systems. today it's democrats. tomorrow it could be republicans. >> reporter: intelligence officials publicly attributed the cyberattacks on u.s. political groups and individuals, including the democratic national committee to russia. even before the announcement of the u.s. retaliation russia promised a response. a spokes woman saying, we are tired about lice of russian hackers that continue to be spread in the united states from the very top. and we can only add that, if washington takes new hostile steps, it will receive an a

this is why it is important the bipartisan senate committee, john mccain, lindsey graham, jack reed, republicans look into this, that the president ordered a national intelligence assessment of the issue. let's look into it and find out but let's not trash our professionals in the intelligence agency in the cia. >> wish we had trashed it in 2001 and 2003 and in '98. wish we had trashed it ahead of bay of pigs. >> we did trash it. but right now, neil, it is so obvious the russians interfered. >> it was so obvious a cia plan to launch an attack on cuba against castro would work. it was so obvious that the indians didn't have any any nuclear capability until they proved they did. we learned it is obvious after the fact. i am taking no sides. i applied the same standard to whoever won. >> well, look, $70 billion we spend on all our intelligence agencies. >> and i mentioned a half dozen examples it was wrong. >> they're our best vehicle to know what's going on. >> you're not even entertaining the possibility that data could be wrong or not complete or other countries could be involved. i'

seeing concern from some senate republicans, those national security hawks, and people like john mccain, lindsey graham, marco rubio, who ended up putting out statements in interviews saying they had concerns over the issue of russia when it comes to rex tillerson. so i think you add it up, and when republicans are going to need 51 votes, and they -- they cannot lose three people here, and so it is going to be tough. >> all right, hey, mark, trump's pick for energy secretary is somewhat ironic, given this infamous moment on the debate stage. let's listen. >> sure. >> the third agency of the education, the -- the -- commerce and let's see, i can't, the third one, i can't, sorry. >> ouch. still stings. of course, the oops in question turned out to be energy. what attributes does rick perry bring to the table that mr. trump would tap him to run this agency. >> i'm glad you brought that up irony there. that was a big standout in the 2011-12 presidential race, when rick perry was running for the presidency. he does have some things he brings to the table. of course, weighs the longest serving governo